grounds we played at once , now gone

[blade too long]

 

[Patient Bus]

Like this nice bit of nostalgia,been to all of them except Swansea.

 

[Russ]

Who can spot the mistake..?

 

[Jinxy1966]

Who can spot the mistake..?

Vetch Field ??

 

[alcoblade]

I’ve been to 9 / 10 of those. Never got to The Goldstone.

The Baseball ground is the biggest miss, followed by The Victoria.

 

[BigBed]

The Baseball ground, what a dirty hole that was.

 

[blade too long]

in future years

hillsborough 2020............................................. hillsborough 2025

 

[Crackers]

I was going to say the Withdean but its still there

 

[bornablade]

Who can spot the mistake..?

The title of the thread.

We may well have played more than ONCE at these grounds.

 

[NAP]

Fetch Field!! It was the Vetch Field. Saw a 2-2 draw there in the Deane/Agana days.

 

[We're back!]

in future years

hillsborough 2020............................................. hillsborough 2025

View attachment 67454View attachment 67455

Looks like they've finally managed to fill the place again by 2025, just like they did when they were famous

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

Sheffield Wednesday’s ground has gone to shit, the fucking rust bucket. Does this count?

 

[spongebobblade]

The Feethams Darlington.
For those that went it was probably the greatest away day ever.
Proper ground and football team.
Note the cricket pitch is still there

 

[nickwr37]

Plough Lane - Wimbledon. From memory we lost 5-0 and uncovered seating in pouring rain all match.

 

[Klanger]

Fetch Field!! It was the Vetch Field. Saw a 2-2 draw there in the Deane/Agana days.

I was at that game, mid-eighties? Was living in Cardiff and went with their fans on the side bank. What an awful ground, they had commenced some redevelopment and there was a newish off-centre stand behind one goal, the other end was shut for safety reasons.

What struck me was the awful racist abuse directed at Deane and Agana, that sort of shit had disappeared from Bramall Lane years before. D & A responded in the best way by notching a goal each.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Been here many times before. Boothferry Park...

 

[KeyffSmyff]

Manor Ground Oxford - the last time I went we were 2 up in the first few minutes then changed shape and it went a bit flat.

 

[RossoDeltic]

Never saw Blades at Vetch Field. When I was at Uni in Swansea had to make do with Swansea v Blackpool on cold night.

 

[bypassblade]

That Feethams is heartbreaking

 

[bypassblade]

View attachment 67459View attachment 67461
The Feethams Darlington.
For those that went it was probably the greatest away day ever.
Proper ground and football team.
Note the cricket pitch is still there

Got to admit best away day EVER crowd was 11,101 I think; 101 from Darlo, it was such a great day out fancy dress was unreal

 

[BerksBlade]

Elm Park, Reading ... now a housing estate:

 

[Patient Bus]

Elm Park, Reading ... now a housing estate:

Remember this one pub on every corner if I remember correctly ?

 

[alcoblade]

Fetch Field!! It was the Vetch Field. Saw a 2-2 draw there in the Deane/Agana days.

I was there. Made of for half time, pissed!

 

[loyalblade95]

Surprised old milmoor ground is still standing after over 10 years of disuse

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Gives me a nice excuse to post up a few pics of our old girl and reminisce of the good times spent there.... 7 years been gone now

Many a time I went and pondered how the hell the 15k squeezed in when we beat Liverpool but then of course the Blades came and officially the crowd was 17,042 setting the new record attendance but they reckoned it was pushing nearer 20k!!















Those floodlights




The old Canal End view up the towpath...






And the view up it nowadays

 

[Crackers]

Plough Lane - Wimbledon. From memory we lost 5-0 and uncovered seating in pouring rain all match.

Don't remind me. That was a long journey home. I think one side of the ground was already closed/condemned

 

[alcoblade]

Gives me a nice excuse to post up a few pics of our old girl and reminisce of the good times spent there.... 7 years been gone now

Many a time I went and pondered how the hell the 15k squeezed in when we beat Liverpool but then of course the Blades came and officially the crowd was 17,042 setting the new record attendance but they reckoned it was pushing nearer 20k!!

View attachment 67509

View attachment 67510



View attachment 67512

View attachment 67513

View attachment 67514

View attachment 67516

Those floodlights

View attachment 67518


The old Canal End view up the towpath...


View attachment 67519



And the view up it nowadays

View attachment 67520

Why did you move?

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Why did you move?

Its a familiar old chestnut story...we had a debt run up of about 1.5m but owning our ground meant that was never really a huge issue as the land was worth 8-10m....but...then without consulting any shareholders/supporters the 'oh so lovely' Chairman in cahoots with a solicitor who was a board member signed off the sale of the ground to the vultures that are housing developers for just 3.5m and a promise that a new ground would be built elsewhere as part of a new business park development...which of course led to us being sold a pup as every Worcester fan with half a brain cell wouldve seen through right away...so that led to us then groundsharing at Kidderminster for a few seasons, then they wanted double the rent off us (wankers!) so we moved to Bromsgrove where we've spent 3 seasons and took voluntary relegation down 3 levels to protect what money we have left which is now around about 50k.


A sorry state of affairs really but thankfully there is a bit of light at the end of what was turning into a very dark tunnel into oblivion.

 

[alcoblade]

Its a familiar old chestnut story...we had a debt run up of about 1.5m but owning our ground meant that was never really a huge issue as the land was worth 8-10m....but...then without consulting any shareholders/supporters the 'oh so lovely' Chairman in cahoots with a solicitor who was a board member signed off the sale of the ground to the vultures that are housing developers for just 3.5m and a promise that a new ground would be built elsewhere as part of a new business park development...which of course led to us being sold a pup as every Worcester fan with half a brain cell wouldve seen through right away...so that led to us then groundsharing at Kidderminster for a few seasons, then they wanted double the rent off us (wankers!) so we moved to Bromsgrove where we've spent 3 seasons and took voluntary relegation down 3 levels to protect what money we have left which is now around about 50k.


A sorry state of affairs really but thankfully there is a bit of light at the end of what was turning into a very dark tunnel into oblivion.

Yeah, I’ve since read about it. Wanker owners, and another proper ground lost.

You’re the division below the conference now, yes?

 

[JonnyRed(WCFC)]

Yeah, I’ve since read about it. Wanker owners, and another proper ground lost.

You’re the division below the conference now, yes?

We were in the National North yes, and were the season we played the Blades in the Cup...

But now we're at Step 5 of the non league pyramid in the Midland Football League Premier Division....

The only good thing about it is we're in the FA Vase and get to visit some lovely places away lol.